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Trump launches task force to make D.C. βsafe and beautiful,β focusing on deportations, crime, homelessness
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order with the goal of improving Washington, D.C.βs cleanliness and safety, focusing on deporting migrants in the nationβs capital and cleaning up crime and homelessness. The order launches a task force βto ensure effective federal participationβ in the enforcement of immigration laws and redirecting resources to apprehend and...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:
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Parole denied for woman convicted of killing Tejano music icon Selena in 1995
Yolanda SaldΓvarwill continue serving a life sentence at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, after a three-member panel of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to not release her.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Watch live: Trump hosts annual Ramadan dinner at White House
President Trump is set to host the annual Iftar dinner, a feast of breaking bread common for Muslims during the month of Ramadan, at the White House Thursday evening. The dinner comes as war rages in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas after a fragile ceasefire, brokered by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt, was...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:How automakers are navigating Trump’s tariffs on imported vehicles and parts
Foreign leaders in Europe, Canada and Asia sharply criticized President Trumpβs announcement of 25 percent tariffs on imported cars and car parts. Nearly half of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were assembled outside the country and experts say the tariffs could upend the global automotive industry. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Gavin Bade of The Wall Street Journal.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Health and Human Services cutting workforce by nearly 25 percent
In our news wrap Thursday, the Health and Human Services Department will slash its workforce by almost 25 percent, the White House pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be UN ambassador over the GOP's slim House margin and Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled there is unlikely to be a criminal investigation into the sharing of military details by Trump officials on a commercial messaging app.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Battle over proxy voting for new parents intensifies in House GOP
The battle between Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and House GOP leaders over looming floor action to allow proxy voting for new parents is intensifying as both sides of the heated debate dig in their heels β with the clash potentially coming to a head as soon as next week. Luna says she has no...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:ACLU attorney on suing Trump administration for using wartime authority for deportations
President Trumpβs use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants, without due process, could end up at the Supreme Court. An appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the administration from using the rare wartime authority for deportations, a decision the White House will appeal. Laura BarrΓ³n-LΓ³pez discussed the case with Lee Gelernt of the ACLU's Immigrants Rights Project.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Anti-abortion groups aiming to defund Planned Parenthood look to DOGE to get it done
Major anti-abortion groups gathered in the nation's capital on Thursday to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump's administration aimed at eliminating funding forPlanned Parenthood, with some calling on Elon Musk to make the organization one of his cost-cutting targets.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Trade wars, federal cuts complicate lives of some Nebraskans who put Trump back in office
President Trumpβs sweeping measures, from tariffs to federal worker cuts, are taking shape in Washington, but their impact is already rippling far beyond. Lisa Desjardins visited rural Nebraska where livelihoods are on the line.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Trump auto tariffs spur alarm
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story 5 questions about Trumpβs auto tariffs President Trump escalated his trade war with partners when he announced this week he would impose a 25-percent tariff on foreign vehicles and automobile parts. AP The president argued that...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:FTC commissioner fired by Trump says move threatens agency designed to protect consumers
Two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission sued the Trump administration after being fired before their terms expired. The independent agency, designed to be bipartisan, protects consumers and enforces antitrust laws. The White House defended the move but Democrats argue the firings invite corruption. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of the fired commissioners, Alvaro Bedoya.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:EPA sets up portal to request Clean Air Act exemptions
Click for the latest from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA sets up portal to request Clean Air Act exemptions The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a portal allowing polluters to request exemptions to nine Clean Air Act rules. Greg Nash The Clean Air...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Angelo Carusone on tracking Project 2025 and right-wing media
Project 2025, the conservative policy project, became a flashpoint during the presidential campaign. Angelo Carusone of Media Matters studied the 900-page document and spoke with Geoff Bennett for our series, On Democracy, where we hear a range of perspectives on how government should function, what led to this moment in American history and where the country goes next.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Development near Phoenix tests whether car-free living is sustainable in sprawling cities
The sprawling metropolis of Phoenix seems an unlikely place to build an apartment complex without parking for residents. Car dependency is just part of life for most people there. But a new development in the suburb of Tempe is providing a blueprint for car-free and more environmentally friendly living. Stephanie Sy reports for our Tipping Point series and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:U.S. economy grew 2.4 percent in 4th quarter of 2024 after upgrade in growth estimate
Itβs unclear whether the United States can sustain that growth asPresident Donald Trump wages trade wars,purges the federal workforceand promisesmass deportations of immigrantsworking in the country illegally.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Oversight Dems ask for multi-inspectors general probe of Trump Cabinet Signal chat
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats are asking the inspectors general at national security agencies whose leaders discussed a pending airstrike in a Signal chat to investigate the matter, including what laws were violated in the process. βThis incident raises grave concerns about a potential pattern of misuse of unsecured communication platforms for sensitive...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Fired FTC leaders sue Trump
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Fired FTC commissioners sue Trump Two Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members fired by President Trump sued him Thursday, setting up another major test of his administrationβs expansionist view of presidential authority over independent agencies. Greg Nash, The Hill Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoyaβs lawsuit seeks back pay and reinstatement...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Bipartisan bill seeks to reform prior authorization
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to reform prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Part D prescription drug plans requiring only specialty board certified physicians to make important decisions about treatment. The prior authorization measure is used by insurers to approve the cost of treatment plans, medication and or procedures before...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:King Charles admitted to hospital over side effects from cancer treatment
The United Kingdomβs King Charles III was admitted to the hospital Thursday due to unexpected side effects from cancer treatments. "Following scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer this morning, The King experienced temporary side effects that required a short period of observation in hospital. His Majesty's afternoon engagements were therefore postponed,β Buckingham Palace released...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Mark Carney on Trump tariffs: Old Canada-US relationship is 'over'Β
Canadaβs Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the old economic relationship between the U.S. and Canada is βover,β vowing that Ottawa will respond "forcefullyβ and that nothing is βoff the table" over President Trump's plan to impose additional tariffs on its northern neighbor and other countries around the world. "The old relationship we had with...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Congressional Black Caucus calls on Lutnick to protect Minority Business Development Agency
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce demanding Secretary Howard Lutnick protect the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) from President Trumpβs latest executive order. βFor years, the MBDA has provided critical resources for Black-owned businesses across the nation,βthe CBCβs letter reads.βAs a result of recent actions taken...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:HHS to cut a fourth of its workforce
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story HHS to cut a fourth of its workforce The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in complying with President Trumpβs DOGE executive order, aims to cut 20,000 positions through layoffs, buyouts, early retirement and the White Houseβs severance...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:King Charles required 'short' observation in hospital Thursday following scheduled cancer treatment
King Charles was hospitalized for 'a short period of observation' on Thursday after experiencing 'temporary side effects,'' related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:King Charles III experiences side effects after cancer treatment, hospitalized for observation
Charles, 76, has been undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer for more than a year. The king has continued fulfilling his state duties, such as reviewing government papers and meeting with the prime minister, even though he took some time off public duties.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Judge says he will order Trump administration to preserve Signal chat about strikes in Yemen
A federal judge on Thursday said he will order the Trump administration to preserve records of atext message chatin which senior national security officials discussed sensitive details of plans for a U.S. military strike against Yemenβs Houthis.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:AP renews court request for reinstatement to White House press pool
A lawyer for The Associated Press asked a federal judge Thursday to reinstate the agencyβs access to the White House press pool and other official events, saying the Trump administrationβs ban is a fundamental attack on freedom of speech and should be overturned.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:White House withdraws Rep. Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador over GOP’s razor-thin majority in House
The abrupt withdrawal reflects growing concern among House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, that their historically slim majority could be at risk, particularly ahead of two special elections in Florida next week.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Bondi signals chat investigation unlikely, despite long history of similar inquiries
Multiple high-profile figures have found themselves under investigation in recent years over their handling of government secrets.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:5 years after pandemic surge, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders still targets of hatred
It was five years ago this month that COVID-19-fueled incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders became so frequent that a reporting center was formed.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Prosecutor in Gérard Depardieu in sexual assault case calls for 18-month suspended sentence
Parisβ public prosecutor has requested that French actor GΓ©rard Depardieu be found guilty and given a 18-month suspended prison sentence on the last day of the four-day trial over accusations by two women of sexual assault on a film set.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:U.S. lawmakers call for Signal chat probe, as Justice Department appears uninterested
Some U.S. senators sent a letter to the inspector general at the Department of Defence to formally request an investigation into how top Trump national security officials used Signal to discuss military strikes.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Bipartisan senators overseeing military request Pentagon investigation into use of Signal app
Republican committee chair Sen. Roger Wicker and top Democrat Sen. Jack Reed signed onto a letter to the acting inspector general at the Defense Department for an inquiry into the potential use of unclassified networks to discuss classified information.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:France and Britain mull plans to deploy troops to assist with Ukraine-Russia peace deal
At a recent summit featuring leaders of 30 countries as well as European Union and NATO chiefs, French President Emmanuel Macron offered reassurances that France and Britain will continue to forge ahead with plans to deploy troops in Ukraine to secure an eventual peace deal with Russia despite other nations not wanting to take part.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Tufts student from Turkey threatened with deportation, latest Palestinian supporter swept up in crackdown
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was swiftly moved out of Massachusetts, a demonstration of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is sending immigrants who are taken into custody to detention centers or deporting them altogether before a federal judge has a chance to weigh in on their case and possibly halt the actions.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Trump takes aim at WilmerHale law firm, citing ties to lawyer Robert Mueller
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday targeting law firm WilmerHale, one of a handful of major firms the president has taken aim at that haveconnections to his legal or political adversaries.
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